Abstract

Extracted from text ... IMIESA MAY 2006 -
ROADS AND bRIDgES
The commuter transport networks in three of the major South
African metropolitan areas, greater Johannesburg/Pretoria,
Durban and Cape Town, are all over-extended and require
urgent remedial attention. South African Road Federation (SARF)
believes that without central government funding and intervention
these areas face the bleak prospect of transport chaos and economic
strangulation.
Inappropriate institutional arrangements, selective deregulation
and underfunding have compromised the formulation and, more
particularly, the implementation of a coordinated commuter transport
policy at metropolitan level. Effective, adequately financed and wellstaffed
metropolitan transport authorities are required for these
areas. They need ..